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Students will be dressing up

on Wednesday, October 31.

Take time to think about

your child’s costume. The

Conduct Policy prohibits

costumes whose theme is

gore, violence, or horror

related. We are asking that you focus on safety and

non-violence when selecting a costume for your child

and that the costume NOT include any replica or toy

resembling a weapon. Classes will assemble in the gym

for a costume parade at 1:15 P.M. Parents are

welcome to attend.

What’s My Number? 1. I’m thinking of an even number

between 5 and 30. It’s digits add up to 1. Can you tell me what it is?

2. I’m thinking of an even number between 50 and 80. It’s a multiple of 5 and 6. Do you know what it is?

3. My number is between 2 and 15. It’s odd and prime. It’s a factor of 14 and 28. What is it?

October 2 - Gr. 7 & 8 City Golf Jamboree

Rain date, October 3rd.

October 3 - Walk the Talk Challenge

October 5 - Gr. 4 City Soccer Jamboree

1st Rain date, October 10th.

2nd Rain date, October 12th.

October 8 - Thanksgiving Day (No School)

October 19 - No School—PD Day

October 24 - Parent Council Meeting @ 7:00 P.M.

(Everyone Welcome)

October 31 - Halloween Costume Parade 1:15

Team—Together Everyone Achieves More!

Attention parents, students and members of our J.R. Reid Community: Wow! The first month has passed us by already. The students have adjusted to revised schedules, daily routines, new teachers, expectations of school and getting up early. Come to think of it, so have the teachers and the principal. Overall, it's good to have everybody back in routine. Some highlights from the first month of school: Volleyball has started for our grade seven and eights; a big thank-you goes out to all of our coaches. The golf team for grade seven and eight has been practicing for their upcoming jamboree; as well, the grades four to sixes are preparing for their soccer jamborees. Our entire school took part in a cross grade, multi-age group activity entitled, "Pinwheels for Peace". The students were put in mixed grade groups and worked with a supervising teacher on an art activity, creating and coloring/decorating a pinwheel then displaying it in the school yard on International Peace Day. Two of our lucky students actually got their picture in the Brandon Sun for this activity. Congrats to our excellent parent volunteers from our parent council for all of their hard work with the Family BBQ. It was a huge success. Thanks to all of our parents for helping with the parent run lunch program and volunteering in the library. Let's hope October flies by just as quickly! Yours in Education, Shawn Lehman Principal We’re on the web! www.brandonsd.mb.ca/jrreid

From The Principal:

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Daylight Savings

Time ends

Nov. 6th.

World Food Day

The Kidsport Fund is a national charity created to assist

children who wish to enter a sport program, but could not

play without Kidsport assistance. Deadline for applications is

October 25th. If your child is interested, please contact

Mrs. Lowrie 204-729-3957.

http://www.brandonuw.ca/communityimpact/coats-for-kids

“Coats for Kids” will be in operation again this Fall. It is a

program sponsored by a number of Brandon organizations,

whereby winter coats are collected, cleaned and distributed

to those in need of warm winter outerwear. The “Coats for

Kids” shop will be open at the Town Center on Friday,

November 2nd from 3:00 - 6:00 p.m. and on Saturday,

November 3rd from 10:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. For more

information and vouchers for you to obtain warm

outerwear for your child, please contact Mrs. Lowrie, Home

School Liaison at 729-3957.

From Mrs. Lowrie’s Desk:

J. R. Reid Contact Numbers: Main Office:

204-729-3955

Principal’s Office:

204-729-3959

Resource/Counsellor:

204-729-3956

HSL: 204-729-3957

(A6endance Line)

Gym Office:

204-729-0310

Bell Times 8:55 am. Students enter

9:00 a.m. O Canada and An-

nouncements

10:35 a.m. Recess

11:45 a.m. Dismissal

————–———Lunch—–—–——

——12:45 p.m. Students enter

12:50 p.m. Announcements

2:20 p.m. Recess

3:30 p.m. Dismissal

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The Winnipeg Free Press offers the PDF version of the Winnipeg Free Press newspaper to schools for educational purposes at NO COST. This is not just the breaking news website but the complete version. JR Reid staff and students can gain access to the website starting at 6:30am, Mon-Sat, from their homes or from the school. This is a valuable resource tool for all staff, students and their families! To access the Winnipeg Free Press website. Go to http://winnipeg.ca.newsmemory.com/. Our username is jrreid@nie.ca, and the password is freepress. Make sure you use all lowercase. If you have any problems or questions, please email Mrs. Lowrie at lowrie.lisa@brandonsd.mb.ca.

In recognition of World Food Day on October 16, JR Reid will be participating in the FCC Drive Away Hunger campaign again this year. Last year, the program collected over 2,500 kg of food for Canadian Food Banks. Your child will have brought home a letter last week, detailing the types of food donations most needed, which they can bring in between October 1 – 12. At the end of the campaign we will have a special assembly to make our donation to our local food bank, Brandon’s Samaritan House. Please support those in need in our community. For more info, visit www.fccdriveawayhunger.ca.

J.R. Reid is

fortunate to

be one of 13

schools

where the Y

Program’s

Before & AAer School

service is offered.

If your child a6ends the Y

Program and is unable to

a6end please be sure to

let them know.

You can e-mail:

ymca.ba@wcgwave.ca

Or call Angela Forsythe

@ 204-570-2565

The Lost & Found is quite full. Mrs. Lowrie will be bagging up

all items and donaFng them to charity on October 5th. Please

make sure all your child’s belonging’s are clearly labelled and

items will be returned to their owners.

Lost & Found

The lunch program is well under way!

We’d like to remind you that the school is peanut/

nut/egg free.

► Please be sure to read all labels carefully to

ensure that any prepared food is made in a nut

free facility.

► Be careful not to send eggs to school. Food is

not safe if you can idenFfy the egg—for

example egg salad sandwiches, or boiled eggs.

If the egg is cooked into the food it is safe as the

chemical composiFon of the egg is changed.

For example: breads, muffins, or buns are

acceptable.

If your child has forgo6en his / her lunch and

does not have money for the canteen. He/she

will be allowed to call home to see if

arrangements can be made. Please try not to send

lunches mid way through the morning, as it disrupts

teaching Fme. (#1 = 10; #2 = 60; #3 = 7)

The canteen is up and running. We do encourage a

packed lunch first and foremost. We do not have

fridges available to students, so please be sure to

send something non-perishable, or include an ice

pack in your child’s lunch bag. There are

microwaves available to re-heat food.

Lunch Room News

Canteen Prices

Chips $1.00

Granola Bars $.50—Various

Juice &.75—Various

Soup $1.00—Beef, Chicken

Crisps—$.50

Hot Rods—$.75

Water—$.75

Goldfish—$.50

Rice Crispy Squares—$.50

Canteen open Monday—Thursday

Don’t rush out to a fast food restaurant. Not only

can you save Fme and money by planning ahead,

but you can also make healthier choices for you and

your family.

► Prepare extra food at supper, if you need

lunches for 2 children—make 2 extra servings.

► Buy in bulk—cereal bars, fruit cups, yogurt

tubes. Yogurt tubes can be frozen! Place the

fruit cups and cereal bars for school lunches out

of reach. Buy separate boxes for eaFng at

home.

► Spend a day preparing frozen dinners.

SpagheL, Lasagne, Shepherds' Pie, Pizza…

these all freeze well!

► Run to the Grocery Store if it’s sFll last minute!

They have prepared foods in their deli.

► Tired of sandwiches? Try a wrap. Not only can

you prepare it the same way as a sandwich, you

can “wrap up the leAovers!”

► You can purchase a wide mouth thermos—they

are great for soups and pastas! No

microwaving, no waiFng! Just open it up and

enjoy!

Plan Ahead!

Lunch Program Rules

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SAFE SNACK LIST

No Peanuts, No Nuts, No Eggs

Fresh, canned, frozen and dried fruit

V8, SPLASH, vegetable and fruit juices, Kool-Aid, Gatorade, Powerade, soA drinks

Milk, Soy milk, Rice Milk, (NO milkshake drinks)

SUNRYPE Fruit to Go Energy Bars, Fruit & Veggie Bars

Yogurt cups and tubes (can be frozen), Cheese, Vegetable SFcks

Sandwich meats, ham, bologna, wieners, garlic sausage, Pickles

QUAKER Mini rice chips and rice cakes

KRAFT JELL-O Delicious Duos pudding snacks

MAGIC MOMENTS Old Fashioned Rice Pudding and Tapioca

CHRISTIES CRACKERS—Triscuits, Wheat Thins, Sociables, Swiss Cheese

RITZ—regular and cheese only (NO sandwich variety, NO Ritz Bits, NO Snack Mix)

Crispers—All Dressed and Ranch, Toppables, Premium Plus crackers & whole wheat

SNACKWELL Potato Thins—Sour cream and Onion, All Dressed and BBQ

CHRISTIES—Honey Graham Wafers, Teddy Grahams (Chocolate and honey)

Barnum’s Animal Crackers, Dinobites, Arrowroot cookies, Fig Newtons,

Oreo regular, double stuff and chocolate crème (NO Mini Oreos),

Fudgee-O and double stuff, Snackwells Crème Sandwich white

SUPERSTORE Yellow Box NN Animal Crackers, Ritz style crackers, low fat pretzels

Air Popped popcorn

Cereals—QUAKER Life, Corn Bran, Oat Square, Oat Bran, Puffed Rice,

Puffed Wheat, Cap’n Crunch, Quaker Spuds

KELLOGG’s Mini Wheat’s Original, Honey & Brown Sugar varieFes, Apple Jacks,

Corn Pops, Froot Loops, Crispex

POST Alphabits, Marshmallow Alphabits, Honeycombs, Shreddies regular

GENERAL MILLS Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Lucky Charms, Golden Grahams

KELLOGG’s Nutrigrain bars, Bakes Muesli bars, Poptarts, Poptart SFx, Poptart Danish

NESTLE Chocolate Bars—Aero, Mirage, Kit Kat, Coffee Crisp, SmarFes (NO M & M’s)

TREBOR ALLAN Candy Berries, Fuzzy Peach, Gummies, Cherry Blasters, Sourpatch Kids

LAYS chips, SUN chips, HAWKINS Cheezies

Jolly Rancher and Mr. Freeze freezies

PRODUCTS & BRANDS MANUFACTURED IN DARE’S NUT FREE/ PEANUT FREE FACILITIES

COOKIES:

Simple Pleasures, UlFmate (except UlFmate Harvest of the Rainforest), BreakFme, Whippet, Viva Puffs, Bear Paws, Wagon Wheels,

Econo, Dare TradiFons, Maxi Fruits, Normandie

CRACKERS:

Breton, Breton Minis, Breton Gourmet, Vinta, Vivant

FINE BREADS:

Avoid all products containing peanuts, nuts, nut or coconut oil and displaying a peanut, nut warning. Also, NO

Goodlife products, NO bulk food bin items or bakery items—cross contaminaFon reasons. No loFons containing

nut extract or oils. Please check ingredient labels every Fme on every package. INGREDIENTS CAN CHANGE!

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Watch for these labels, and labels like these on all

products. Read ALL labels, even if you don’t think

they could have nut products.

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Revised Dates

for

Immuniza4ons Round #1:

Grade 4 & 6

Thursday,

November 29

Round #2:

Grade 1, Grade 4,

Grade 6

Thursday,

February 7

Round #3:

Grade 4 & 6

Thursday, May 9

Imagine…“Whirled Peace”

In today’s world, peace needs to become more than just a word. On September 21, 2012 J. R. Reid School took part in an

InternaFonal art and literacy project, Pinwheels for Peace, by “planFng” pinwheels with messages of peace at their school.

Pinwheels for Peace is an art installaFon project started in 2005 by two Art teachers, Ann Ayers and Ellen McMillan, of Coconut

Creek, Florida, as a way for students to express their feelings about what’s going on in the world and in their lives. In the first

year, groups in over 1,325 locaFons throughout the world were spinning pinwheels on September 21st - there were

approximately 500,000 pinwheels spinning throughout the world. Last year (year 7), 2011, over 4 million pinwheels were

spinning in over 3,500 locaFons, including the United States, Europe, Asia, Australia, Canada, the Middle East, Africa and South

America.

This project is non-poliFcal – peace doesn’t necessarily have to be associated with the conflict of war, it can be related to

violence/intolerance in our daily lives, to peace of mind. To each of us, peace can take on a different meaning, but, in the end, it

all comes down to a simple definiFon: “a state of calm and serenity, with no anxiety, the absence of violence, freedom from

conflict or disagreement among people or groups of people.”

Students at J. R. Reid created pinwheels. As part of the creaFon process, the students wrote their thoughts about "war and

peace / tolerance/ living in harmony with others" on one side. On the other side, they visually expressed their feelings. The

students assembled these pinwheels in mulF-age groups and on InternaFonal Day of Peace they "planted" their pinwheels in

front of their school as a public statement and art exhibit/installaFon.

The spinning of the pinwheels in the wind will spread thoughts and feelings about peace throughout the country and the world!

For more informaFon, go to h6p://www.pinwheelsforpeace.com. - Ms. Spicer

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Golf Jamboree

3 Gr. 7 & 8 Rain date

for Golf Jamboree Walk the Talk

4 5 Gr. 4 City Soccer

Jamboree

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9 10Rain Date—Gr. 4

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